(Airdrie RCMP)

By rdnewsNOW staff

National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day

Alberta Mounties pull 48 impaired drivers from the roads on Saturday

Dec 8, 2020 | 10:27 AM

EDMONTON – On Saturday, Dec. 5, Alberta RCMP removed 48 impaired drivers from provincial roadways during National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.

Of the 48 impaired motorists, 26 drivers received Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS) FAILs, 10 received IRS WARNs, and one refused to provide a roadside sample. As well, seven drivers holding GDL licences were issued suspensions and vehicle seizures due to having blood alcohol concentrations greater than zero; four of these individuals received suspensions for drug impairment.

In one case near Sundre, in addition to immediate provincial sanctions, a 38-year-old male also received Criminal Code impaired driving charges as he was travelling with a six-year-old boy.

Near Airdrie, a 28-year-old female not only received provincial sanctions, but also Criminal Code charges as she was driving impaired with three passengers five-years-old and younger.

And near Canmore, a file involving a 42-year-old male commercial vehicle driver also proceeded with Criminal Code charges as he was travelling with his 7-year-old daughter at the time.

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